A water-soluble extract from cultured medium of Ganoderma lucidum (Reishi) mycelia attenuates the small intestinal injury induced by anti-cancer drugs

Oncology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-68

  Kashimoto, Naoki ^a   Ishii, Satomi ^a   Myojin, Yuki ^b   Ushijima, Mitsuyasu ^a   Hayama, Minoru ^a   Watanabe, Hiromitsu ^b  

^a WAKUNAGA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anti cancer drugs; B6C3F1 mice; Ganoderma lucidum; Small intestinal injury

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS BLAZEI EXTRACT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; GANODERMA LUCIDUM EXTRACT; GEFITINIB; UFT;

AGARICUS BLAZEI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; FUNGUS CULTURE; GANODERMA LUCIDUM; INTESTINE CRYPT; INTESTINE INJURY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SMALL INTESTINE;

EID: 77955752073     PISSN: 17921074     EISSN: 17921082     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ol_00000011     Document Type: Article

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